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ORDINANCE N0. 10,129
AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND ABANDONING STREETS LOCATED
BETWEEN Wk OF BLOCK 13 AND Wk OF BLOCK 20, AND UN-
PLATTED PORTION OF PROPERTY WEST OF SAID STREETS,
BETWEEN LOTS 9, 10 AND 11, BLOCK 13, AND LOTS 1
THROUGH 11, BLOCK 20, ADAMS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, BEING A PORTION OF THAYER
STREET AND TWENTY- SECOND STREET, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES.
,VREREAS, a Petition was duly filed with the City Council
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas on the 9th day of April,
1956, requesting the City Council to vacate and abandon streets
located between Wk of Block 13 and Wk of Block 20, and unplat-
ted portion of property West of said streets, between Lots 9,
10 and 11, Block 13, and Lots 1 through 11, Block 20, Adams
Addition to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, being a portion
of Thayer Street and Twenty- Second Street; and
WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the Council
has, on the day and at the place mentioned in the notice, heard
all persons desiring to be heard on the question, and has ascer-
tained that the streets, hereinabove described, have heretofore
been dedicated to the public use as streets, have not been
actually used by the public generally for a period of at least
five (5) years subsequent to the filing of the plat, and for a
period of at least five (5) years immediately preceding the fil-
ing of the Petition and the date of the passage of this ordi-
nance; that the sole owners of the property abutting upon said
streets to be vacated have filed with the Council their written
consent to such abandonment; and that the public interest and
welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of
such streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City of Little Rock, Arkansas hereby re-
leases, vacates and abandons all of its rights, together with
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the rights of the public generally, except the rights and needs
of public utilities, for ingress and egress to maintain any
existing utility lines in said area, and except the rights and
needs of the City of Little Rock for ingress and egress to con-
trol drainage in said area, in and to the streets designated as
follows:
Streets located between Wk of Block 13 and Wk of Block
20, and unplatted portion of property West of said
streets, between Lots 9, 10 and 11, Block 13, and
Lots 1 through 11, Block 20, Adams Addition to the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas, being a portion of
Thayer Street and Twenty- Second Street.
SECTION 2. A copy of this ordinance, duly certified by
the City Clerk, shall be filed in the office of the Recorder
of the County and recorded in the deed records of the County.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: April 23, 1956
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor